Jun 17, 2025
Scammers are getting sneakier. They can now manipulate your caller ID to make it look like your doctor’s office, Medicare, pharmacy or even a local hospital is calling. This trick is called “spoofing,” and it’s designed to gain your trust and steal your personal...
Jun 17, 2025
NY StateWide Senior Action Council and the NYS Senior Medicare Patrol, in collaboration with the City of Buffalo recently hosted a Senior Safety Summit at the Richmond–Summer Senior Center on May 28, 2025. Featuring a panel of local experts—from fraud prevention...
Oct 25, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a significant change affecting almost one million Medicare beneficiaries. Due to findings following a 2023 data breach, Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) numbers will be changing in mid-October...
Jun 28, 2024
Some Medicare beneficiaries may be contacted as part of an ongoing study called the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS). The federal government contracts with the University of Chicago, a respected social science research organization, to conduct the study...
Dec 18, 2023
HHS-OIG is alerting the public about a fraud scheme involving monthly billing for remote patient monitoring (RPM) that involves signing up #Medicare enrollees for RPM. Read more: https://direc.to/fgBB This fraud scheme involves unsolicited contact to set up monthly...
Dec 18, 2023
IMPORTANT NOTICE: CMS learned of a MAXIMUS breach effecting 407,000 beneficiaries. Impacted beneficiaries will be issued a new Medicare number accompanied by a letter. (View HERE) The letter asks beneficiaries to: begin using the new Medicare number on December...
